Biopsy of heart lining at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
7500 Hospital Dr., Sacramento, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467560599
$1,085.76
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,770.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$272.83 with United vs $17,701.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Medicaid|> 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicaid|< 21 | $272.83 | ↓ -75% |
| Hill Physicians | Commercial|All Plans | $444.59 | ↓ -59% |
| Molina | Medicaid|All Plans | $446.99 | ↓ -59% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicaid|All Plans | $475.79 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $647.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Hill Physicians | Medicare|All Plans | $760.38 | ↓ -30% |
| California Health & Wellness | Medicaid|All Plans | $994.84 | ↓ -8% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $994.84 | ↓ -8% |
| Western Health Advantage | Commercial|All Plans | $1,319.50 | ↑ +22% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,466.48 | ↑ +35% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,545.70 | ↑ +42% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,827.50 | ↑ +160% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $2,978.30 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|BRMS | $3,016.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Sutter Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,016.00 | ↑ +178% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,053.70 | ↑ +181% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,129.10 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,555.11 | ↑ +227% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $3,732.30 | ↑ +244% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| Connected Care | Commercial|Intel | $3,770.00 | ↑ +247% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $3,845.40 | ↑ +254% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Imperial | $3,883.10 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $4,136.13 | ↑ +281% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $7,371.00 | ↑ +579% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Connection EPO | $8,420.00 | ↑ +675% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,525.00 | ↑ +869% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $13,998.00 | ↑ +1189% |
| Health Net | Commercial|FFS | $14,151.00 | ↑ +1203% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $17,701.00 | ↑ +1530% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $17,701.00 | ↑ +1530% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $17,701.00 | ↑ +1530% |
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Biopsy of heart lining at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | $821.86 | $272.83 – $4,147.00 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $2,223.46 | $272.83 – $5,091.10 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,973.72 | $272.83 – $4,934.30 |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | $2,251.55 | $272.83 – $4,846.65 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,803.69 | $272.83 – $5,153.40 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $3,796.44 | $2,238.00 – $11,377.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $2,006.88 | $3,429.00 – $7,883.00 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $3,159.53 | $272.83 – $6,073.65 |